[CentOS] yum remove <old kernel pkgs> -- wants to remove a ton of stuff

Thu Jul 17 07:19:09 UTC 2008
David Hrbáč <hrbac.conf at seznam.cz>

fred smith napsal(a):
> Thanks to Johnny and all the others who pointed out the stupid thing
> I was trying to do. I'll follow the advice to clean up 'list' before
> trying it again.
> 

Fred,
besides you can use installonlyn plugin, you can remove old kernel but 
few like this:

if [ $(rpm -q kernel | wc -l) -gt 1 ]; then rpm -e $(rpm -q kernel | sed 
'$d'); fi
if [ $(rpm -q kernel-smp | wc -l) -gt 1 ]; then rpm -e $(rpm -q 
kernel-smp | sed '$d'); fi

etc.
David